Plimouth
Plantation
Community Service Volunteer
Adventure
Ages 13-16
If
you like lending a hand, working as a team, being part of a
giving community and helping the environment at the same time,
then this program is for you. Check-in is Sunday between
2-3pm. The program ends Friday at 3pm.
Plimoth
Plantation is a non-profit museum supported by admissions,
contributions, grants and generous volunteers. Plimoth
Plantation, a bicultural museum, offers powerful personal
encounters with history built on thorough research about the
Wampanoag People and the Colonial English community in the
1600s. Their exhibits, programs, live interpreters, and
historic settings encourage a new level of understanding about
present-day issues affecting communities around the world.
Sunday afternoon is spent checking in, settling into your
screen house, getting to know your fellow group members and
leaders, and taking a swim test at the lake. After enjoying a
cookout at the Poor Farm picnic area there will be an
all-group orientation to the expedition programs and some
group time. An all expeditions game is followed by a campfire
by the Poor Farm Barn and bed time.
After breakfast on Monday morning, we will travel by passenger van to Plymouth, MA, about a two hour drive. There
we will be camping in tents at Miles Standish State Forest,
which has access to restrooms, running water, showers and a
swimming pond. After we set up our camping area, we will meet
with the Plimouth Plantation staff and have a brief
orientation of the expectations for the week. Before heading
back to the campground, we will put in our first few hours of
volunteer work. On
Tuesday and Wednesday, we will work from 8 am to 5pm.
Volunteer work may include but not limited to: painting
buildings and the Mayflower II, landscaping, fencing, feeding
farm animals, helping the local native tribe build housing,
assisting in cataloguing and organizing rare books, wool
collection and dyeing, and building animal environments. We will also be able to
take advantage of the historic richness of the exhibits by
taking tours including the Pilgrim Museum, the Mayflower II
(which is an exact replica of the original Mayflower), and the
historical display by the local native tribe--the Wampanoags.
The exact workweek will not be determined until the week of
the program. We will put in a total of about 25 hours of
community service. Each evening, we will return to our
campsite for showers, dinner, campfires, swimming, and rest.
We will take one evening to go explore the historic city of
Plymouth.
Thursday will be our day off, which will consist of whale
watching off the coast of Cape Cod. Thursday morning, we will
hop on a ferry that will take us from Plymouth to
Provincetown. There we will meet up with the crew that will
take us out for four hours of whale watching. In the process,
we may discover many types of marine life including: fish,
seals, and exotic birds.
Friday morning, after breakfast, we will pack up and
say our goodbyes and head back to Alton Jones.
In preparing for your week, you may want to spend some time
thinking about why you chose the Plimouth Plantation
Expedition and what you hope to learn from this experience.
Everyone is expected to do their best, participate fully,
encourage each other, and help out with chores on a rotating
basis such as cooking meals and cleaning up. If you do not
skills in these areas, relax. Professionals will be on hand to
teach you everything you need to know. Experience is not a
requirement, but a positive attitude and a willingness to
pitch in and have fun while helping is!
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